Rob Reinhart’s Essential Music: New Jack White, Concert of Colors performers + more

Listen to “Rob Reinhart’s Essential Music” every Saturday from 2-4 p.m. ET on Detroit Public Radio 101.9 WDET.

Jack White performs at the Michigan Central grand reopening concert on Thursday, June 6, 2024.

Jack White performs at the Michigan Central grand reopening concert on Thursday, June 6, 2024.

On this episode of Rob Reinhart’s Essential Music, hear tracks from the new Jack White album, released only on vinyl and exclusively at his Third Man Records stores last Friday — for free!

Also this week, revisiting a beautiful in-studio performance from Thornetta Davis in 1997, new tunes from Clairo, Nilufer Yanya, Hiatus Kaiyote with a wild cover song and much more.

See the playlist below and listen to the episode for two weeks after it airs using the media player above.

Rob Reinhart’s Essential Music Playlist for July 20, 2024

  • “Sky Giant” – Transglobal Underground
  • “Detroit” – Chris Canas
  • “Sexy To Someone” – Clairo
  • “A Long Time Ago” – NEW JACK WHITE!
  • “Sunlight To My Soul ” – Angeliqu Kidjo w/Soweto Gospel Choir
  • “Gimme Shelter” – Angeliqu Kidjo (Acoustic Cafe performance, 2007)
  • “Paranoid” – Hippo Campus
  • “Seven Steps” – Cassandra Wilson
  • “Empty Trainload Of Sky” – Gillian Welch & David Rawlings
  • “Study War No More” – Sweet Honey In The Rock
  • “Palladium Days” – The Big 3 Palladium Orchestra
  • “My Man” – Etana
  • “Scooter Blues” – Johnny Blue Skies (Sturgill Simpson)
  • “Call It Love” – Nilufer Yanya
  • “Sunday Morning” – Thornetta Davis (Acoustic Cafe performance, 1997)
  • “Head On A Swivel” – The Dip
  • “Goodthing” – Bette Smith
  • “Seven Nation Army” – Scott Bradlee’s Postmodern Jukebox
  • “? ? ?” – NEW JACK WHITE!
  • “Abe Lincoln Vs. Madison Avenue (Live) (excerpt)” – Bob Newhart
  • “ Sylvie” – Sweet Honey In The Rock

Listen to Rob Reinhart’s Essential Music every Saturday from 2-4 p.m. ET on Detroit Public Radio 101.9 WDET.

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  • Rob Reinhart
    Rob Reinhart is host of WDET's "Essential Music" and the syndicated program "Acoustic Cafe," heard on 125 stations around the country, and stations from Greece to New Zealand. He's voted in 11 presidential elections: 5 wins, 6 losses.